Superman, you coward! All your men are down, and you won't even show your face!
He cannot hear even your bellowing, monster. As we speak, Superman rescues an entire star system a universe away. Do your worst - I'll not let you harm another.
I do what I do in service to my country.
Once, at the word of my lord King Arthur, I was ordered to lay waste to an entire village. I knew my king's heart could not be so unjust, so I spared them all.
Then you're a lousy soldier.
[Eiling punches the Shining Knight in the jaw]
There it is...the creeping moral decay of the past thousand years.
[Shining Knight swings his sword at General Eiling, who dodges easily]
Arthur thanked me, oaf! Had I been wrong, I would have handed over my sword and left the court in shame!
[Eiling slams Shining Knight into the ground]
Save yourself a hospital stay and stand down. That magic armor won't help you.
Have at thee!
[Shining Knight tries to punch Eiling, but is slammed into the ground again]
You're a relic. In this world, power is the only thing that matters. You and those other no-name heroes, you're just people. In the great scheme of things, nothing you do has the least bit of significance. [Shining Knight rises again, but Eiling punches him again] I'll waste you and a billion like you before you before I allow any power to rival America's. It's my duty.
You don't know what the word means!
You can't win.
I'll die as befits a knight, defending the weak. [falls to his knees]
Why don't you give up?
Why don't you?
[General Eiling kicks Shining Knight, then lifts a car]
Superman and your Justice League are a threat to a safe and stable world.
[He turns to crush Shining Knight, only to find several civilians standing protectively around him]
Drop the act! You think killing Superman would make the world safe? Or killing this boy? Or us? Tell me - how many of us do you have to kill to keep us safe?
They're the ones I'm after, not you. I'm not the menace, metahumans are. Superpowered beings.
You're the only one around here with superpowers.
[After a tense silence, Eiling drops the car]
All right, I've become what I hate, I'll give you that. But in the long run, you'll see I was right. You'll see you need the likes of me to protect you from them! [bounds away across the city's buildings]
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